Manager Marc Manus to guest on US Scriptchat on April 15th

Marc Manus, a former award-winning photojournalist, attended USC film school before entering the field of artist representation. His first job was with manager Cathryn Jaymes, who represented the Oscar-Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino, among others. He held positions at various management companies including Incognito Entertainment, which produced the Warner Bros.’ comedy “Three to Tango,” before partnering with talent manager Jamie Gold. In 2004, he ventured out on his own to form Manus Entertainment and has a well-respected roster of up-and-coming writers and directors. Marc’s clients are currently involved in film and television projects at companies such as 20^th Century Fox, Disney, HBO, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Marvel, Silver Pictures, Syfy and Universal. Some of his recent script sales include “Foreign Exchange,” in development at Mandate Pictures, and “Shut In” at Ombra Films, the Studio Canal-backed company of director Jaume Collet-Serra (Unknown).

Come join us at 5pm PST on Sunday, April 15th and join in the conversation with @ManagerMarc

Screenwriter James Moran to Guest on Euro Scriptchat on April 15th 2012

Having written on some of the most successful shows in the UK and having big screen success with Severance, Euro Scriptchat is honoured to have James Moran  (@jamesmoran) as a guest, to talk about his experiences in writing for both the big and small screen.

James Moran is a writer for film and TV. He wrote the films Severance, Cockneys Vs Zombies, and Tower Block, and has written episodes of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Spooks, Primeval, Crusoe, and Spooks: Code 9. He has also written several short stories set in the Doctor Who and Torchwood universe, and a Highlander audio play for Big Finish.

If you want to hear more from James before the chat, check out his interview on the UK Scriptwriters Podcast here. 

Come join us at 8pm BST on Sunday, April 15th and join in the conversation with @jamesmoran

250 Things You Should Know About Writing by Chuck Wendig

250 Things You Should Know About Writing by Chuck Wendig


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Genre: Non-fiction/Writing


250 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WRITING is a booze-soaked, profanity-brined, Zen-lacquered look at the craft and art of writing, one list of “25 Things” at a time. 

Featured within this book are the essays “25 Things You Should Know About…”

…Being A Writer, Writing A Novel, Writing A Screenplay, Writing A F**king Sentence, Storytelling, Character, Plot, Dialogue, Description, Editing/Revising, and finally, Getting Published.

(And yes, that’s actually 11 lists, which means the book actually has *275* things you should know about writing, but let’s be honest, 250 sounds much cooler. Let’s just go ahead and call that, “25 bonus tips,” shall we? Boom. Value added.) 

The book features sections such as:

“The Transubstantiation of Trope,” “Why Bad Decisions Are A Good Decision,” “Nobody Sees Themselves As A Supporting Character,” "I Want To Buy The Semi-Colon A Private Sex Island," and “Plot Is Promise.” 

Contained within are things you should know about plot holes, self-publishing versus legacy publishing, "on-the-nose" dialogue, story versus plot, metaphors, copy-editing, killing darlings with a claw hammer, cursing like an undead pirate, and generally being a cranky and irreverent creative type.

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DISCOUNT Costa Rica Screenwriting Retreat with Jacob Krueger

The best way ever to spend this year’s tax refund!  On your writing!

2012 Costa Rica Screenwriting Retreat

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